, 1887-02-03
Should tl- tine ever come

asiii,r1E when woman s rights ... -, e
Is endangered there viii lie cs.
uie1s enough table ones. tcg. -,
viii u-ake the P.-L man think that
his widest desire Tor ligh: CT
tie subject can he speedily gratified.
Meanwhile, hat papers dogiua,ic
position, without as-i iguiDg q rcgz---
though claiming that II has wond-r
Tn! arguments carefully boarded for
effective Use when needed, viii be
generally understood Is simply : bit
q buster Possibly It was n:stal,e1
u The temper Il tie people; poss.o.r
t vii. gracefully subz:de. Il il Go-s
not, however, let the worst come; let
tie Lewgas re=ound, keeping time
with tie claDking Of armor oa -
new Don Qg.xoie - he char.-z IL.
WiulmIi.=-aad when lie cTa.ls o'-t
from under the wrackage Of lie storm
there viii lie plenty to fu.nt=- ar-5~-
and baliagcs Tor lis sore spot; r.! o
good advice about biting OF to- big
q chew" next :imr,
It may be very funuy for our I. S.
senators to Leari the British lion on
the fisheries question, bat they should
remember what It Is to count with
out tier host" IF we we're to fight
England II would be On the ocean,
and with our present navy(?l We
would get 4 sound drubbinS IN e
short time. Congress ought TO take
steps to provide 4 decent navy before
1t goes to putting on airs. Why, even
Chill and Spain can insult our flag
On the high seas with impunity. 1t
Is high time that the United States
We're taking her place among the
nations Of the earth as first class
power on sea and land. To do this,
however, she needs something more
tlGn few old rotten hulks that are
not fit 10 be trusted beyond shallow
sJundings. Build navy-and then
don't take any back talk from the
best OF them That would be our
plan. Is it Is now, If England We're
TO throw down the gauntlet we vould
soon wish we hadn't said anything.
The Seattle P.-L under its present
management seems bent upon dong
The unexpected in - many vaya ~
possible; whether to obtain note
or from sheer eccen-ricity, y. s--
unable 10 say. Recently it OF, g.
cancel contract for printing, ,a .s
ground that it was reeeiyal ,.y
much. That was accepted geEeI.-.y
a. the Inauguration Of q war of "a
on weaker journalistic rivals. Later
"a u hnd startling fre-eating bigoted
political doctrines. Now it comes
ont with fiat footed opposition 10
equal rights and equal suffrage fcg
tie sexss-and announces that the
issue Of woman suffrage will be an
oyersnadoRiBg ono for the next few
yeara BY this course it places it.
self away back ia the scale of pro-
gTcss, justice and enlightenment to q
lFvel with tho absolutely non progress
siye, ard tending toward the civiiiza
ton IL barbarians. 1t says that ua-
drr our suffrage law many supporters
Of woman suffrage have become op-
posed 10 it-but omits to meutiou in
ID spirIt of fRiTuess Inut uud-r tho
same experience many more origins.
opponents have gotten rid OF theil
/ prejudice and have become warm
supporters Cf equal rights. Just how
tie P.-E expects to make an issue
ot woman suffrage, unless it proposes
to repeal the iaw, Is not clear. The
right II suffrage for Washington
Territory E1mcn il now a vested
right. b. ia HccoTd morever with eter-
Z sal AMI even, handed justice, aud the
man 90 msu who undertake TO over
turn the existing order of things vii
and q ab ca hand very different
fr1ia Whist the task Of preventing i
Ueuid have beea Wo do not Re
iIere that any usw importations o.
irifGt ffCm the east CT anywhere els,
ulll sgsreed in making any yer,
f great stir ga this question. Woman
sn9rase is accepted ty the inteili-
F esHee - tbo people, aud they ari
=silsGa g O. 1t tt rest